Saudi denials

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Saudi denials

Saudi Arabia has denied French President Emmanuel Macron’s charge that the kingdom held the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri captive last November. The Saudi Foreign Ministry has called Macron’s comments untrue. Hariri was in Saudi Arabia when he resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister. The resignation came as a shock to even Hariri’s closest aides. At the time, Lebanese officials accused the Saudis of holding Hariri hostage.

No to US sanctions

More signs are appearing that nations do not support a plan by US President Donald Trump to re-instate sanctions against Iran. India has announced that it will not abide by Trump’s sanctions regime against Iran. The country says it will only comply with United Nations-mandated sanctions and not those imposed by one country on another. This will be unwelcome news to the US from a country that Washington considers a strategic partner.